Christian Horner Quotes

The Sauber F1 Team has put its trust in me for 2015, and it makes me proud, as Sauber is known to be one of the best teams in developing young drivers. It will be a great challenge.

I really want to thank Red Bull Racing and Dr. Helmut Marko for the confidence they have in me.

What many people don't realise is the first F1 test I was offered by Frank Williams and the team was a one-off. It was never planned that I would become part of the team or it would lead to more.

It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.

The fact is that I've got a contract with the BMW Williams F1 team until the end of 2004, and that the team will naturally be my number one negotiating partner for the following period.

McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.

It takes more than driving to become an IndyCar driver. Gone are the days when drivers show up Friday morning and go home Sunday night. We're all integral to our partnerships, commercially, motorsports. We're as much champions in the boardroom as we are on the racetrack.

Williams is one of the big names in F1 with a really strong pedigree, so it is an honour to be driving for them.

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.

I love the role of being the experienced driver and that is definitely the case next year - I think I am the most experienced guy in F1 next year.

It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.

I am grateful to Penske Racing for six very productive years. Together we won a lot of races - 16 in all. I'm proud that we won on a variety of tracks.

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

All I understand is that Toro Rosso is there with Red Bull-backing, which is a team to promote young drivers. And it stands that after three years, you're not really a young driver anymore and that they need to keep feeding the programme with young drivers.

I look forward to fulfilling my dream in becoming a member of Scuderia Ferrari and having the Tifosi behind me every step of the way.

We have a lot of people in F1 who went through F3, and it is a point where you can show what you've got.

Mercedes for me is the strongest team.

My first pole position is an emotional and hopefully historic moment as I want to be in F1 for many, many years.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

I'm still a Red Bull driver. I'm part of this family more than ever.

Jules Bianchi was my racing godfather, and he spoke a lot to Ferrari about me.

I've been fortunate to drive for some of the greats in racing.

In my time in F1, I never doubted I could be successful. I sadly never made it on to the starting grid of an F1 race, but during testing I completed a race distance.